[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20070-20071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09650]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0192; FRL-9976-55]
Dinotefuran; Receipt of Applications for Emergency Exemptions,
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has received specific exemption requests from the Delaware
Department of Agriculture (DDA), the Maryland Department of Agriculture
(MDA), the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) and the
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to use
the insecticide dinotefuran (CAS No. 165252-70-0) to treat up to 58,118
acres of pome and stone fruits to control the brown marmorated
stinkbug. The applicants propose uses which are supported by the
Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and have been requested
in 5 or more previous years, and petitions for tolerances have not yet
been submitted to the Agency. Therefore, EPA is soliciting public
comment before making the decision whether to grant the exemptions.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0192, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Goodis, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; main telephone number: (703) 305-7090; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them.
Potentially affected entities may include:
Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Animal production (NAICS code 112).
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
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Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the
pesticide(s) discussed in this document, compared to the general
population.
II. What action is the agency taking?
Under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the discretion of the EPA
Administrator, a Federal or State agency may be exempted from any
provision of FIFRA if the EPA Administrator determines that emergency
conditions exist which require the exemption. The DDA, MDA, PDA and
VDACS have requested the EPA Administrator to issue specific exemptions
for the use of dinotefuran on pome and stone fruits to control the
brown marmorated stinkbug. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part
166 was submitted as part of the requests.
As part of the requests, the applicants assert that the rapid
spread of large outbreaks of the brown marmorated stinkbug (a recent
invasive species) resulted in an urgent and non-routine pest control
situation that is expected to cause significant economic losses without
the requested uses. The Applicants propose to make no more than two
applications at a rate of 0.203 to 0.304 lb. (maximum of 0.608 lb.) of
dinotefuran per acre, on up to 58,118 acres of pome and stone fruit
grown in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia from April 1 to
October 15, 2018. A total of 35,335 lbs. of dinotefuran could be used
(maximum acreage at highest rate).
This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the
applications themselves. The regulations governing FIFRA section 18 at
40 CFR 166.24(7), require publication of a notice of receipt of an
application for a specific exemption proposing a use which is supported
by the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and has been
requested in 5 or more previous years, and a petition for tolerance has
not yet been submitted to the Agency. The notice provides an
opportunity for public comment on the application. The Agency, will
review and consider all comments received during the comment period in
determining whether to issue the specific exemptions requested by the
DDA, MDA, PDA and VDACS.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 17, 2018.
Michael L. Goodis,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-09650 Filed 5-4-18; 8:45 am]
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